. . . walking . . . and riding and posing . . . Muellers Stockmen's Supplies Catalog, from the Libraries' trade literature collection, features a full array of gear more »
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From cave paintings to modern video artists have been inspired by dogs and illustrated their gratitude through all artistic medium. The Smithsonian American Art/National Portrait Gallery Library holds monographs on the subject of dogs in art.
I’m writing from the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Gothenburg Sweden. It’s Saturday, Aug. 14, with only one more day to go.
On this day in 1869, Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, N.Y. patented his invention, the stove-top waffle iron. While waffles irons of sorts have existed since the 1300s, Swarthout intended more »
It would appear that the martyrdom of a Filipino senator and a sweet English dessert have nothing in common and, technically, this is entirely true. However, there is something we can do to combine these two seemingly disparate holidays, to laud the triumph of democracy over tyranny, to have our sponge cake and eat it, too.
Beat this summer's brutal heat and fireproof your home by building it out of Natco Hollow Tile! These terra cotta bricks are specially designed using the best clay and firing more »
Hieronymus Bock, Kreütterbuch darin unterscheidt Nammen und Würckung der Kreütter [Herbal], 1587. The description for this page is dancing peasants and bagpiper under Linden Tree. This is just one of more »